The Clinical Observation Of The Suboccipital Region Acupuncture For Treatment Of Cerebellar Ataxia After Stroke

Objective:Evaluate the suboccipital region acupuncture clinical curative effect of the treatment of cerebellar ataxia after stroke.Methods:Randomly divide the 40 selected patients of cerebellar ataxia after storke into treatment group and control group,20 cases in each group.The control group adopted the treatment of the Acupuncture and Moxibustion of the Chinese medicine industry of higher education in the "Twelfth Five Years Plan" acupuncturing the suboccipital sideline, taking one needle for each side, and the treatment group were treated by suboccipital region cluster needling. Four needles were taken in the occipital area of the lesion treatment group. In addition, the two groups were treated by enar acupuncture as basic treatment. The two groups of patients were treated with acupuncture 2 times a day, then acupuncture 6 days in a week, then rest 1 day, regarding 4 weeks as one course, at last, after one course observe the effection of two groups. After the treatment, two groups of patients were assessed by the World Federation of Neurology International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) and the modified Barthel index (MBI) to evaluate the efficacy of two groups’ataxia function including posture and gait, dynamic function, language function and eye movement function and activities of daily living (ADL). Using the nimodipine Method to assesse the treatment of two groups.Results:1.The total effective rate of the International Cooperative Ataxia scale was 90% in the treatment group and 85% in the control group, and there were significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05).2.The daily life ability scale score, the total effective rate:the treatment group is 95%, the control group is 100%, two groups has the significant difference (P<0.05)Conclusion:1.The effect of the occipital area plexus acupuncture on the cerebral ataxia is better than the control group.2.The method of the occipital area cluster needling can improve the posture and gait and dynamic function of the patients, and the effect is better than the control group.3.The efficacy of the occipital region plexus acupuncture in improving the language barrier and the movement disorder of the eyeball is not obvious, and there was no diffrent with the control group.4.The method of cluster needling can improve the daily life score and the effect is better than the control group.